Jefferies predicts DRAM and NAND prices will surge 40% to 50% quarter-over-quarter starting in Q3 2026, with no meaningful relief expected until at least 2028. The crisis is driven by hyperscaler demand for AI infrastructure locking up supply and Chinese producers failing to deliver the anticipated competitive pressure, forcing manufacturers to raise consumer hardware prices significantly.
Sony has officially confirmed that physical PlayStation game discs are on their way out. The company says production for all new games will cease in January 2028, replacing discs with "digital formats" accessible via the PlayStation Store or download codes inside boxes.
Anthropic has restored global access to Claude Fable 5 after the U.S. Department of Commerce lifted export controls, ending an 18-day standoff triggered by a jailbreak technique flagged by Amazon researchers. The model is now live on claude.ai, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork, with API access on AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Foundry expected soon, while paid users receive up to 50% of their weekly usage limits dedicated to the model through July 7.
F-Droid published a July 1 report accusing Google's Android Developer Verification (ADV) system of installing a root-privileged service to silently block unregistered apps starting September 30. The warning has sparked a massive backlash from over 70 organizations and threatens to force F-Droid to shut down its distribution model entirely.
The Epic Games Store is currently offering a starkly contrasting pair of free titles, featuring the psychological horror classic I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream alongside the 2022 modern brawler River City Girls 2. Both games, spanning nearly three decades of gaming history, are available at no cost this weekend before they disappear from the store next Thursday.
GOG is currently giving away Nexus: The Jupiter Incident for free, and you have just over two days to claim the 2004 space tactics cult classic before the promotion expires. Built on the Black Sun engine and known for its deliberate capital ship combat, the game finally gives a new generation a chance to command massive fleets at no cost.
Intel quietly raised recommended prices on three of its best-selling Arrow Lake Refresh processors by roughly 15 to 17 percent starting July 2, 2026, driven by surging AI server demand, manufacturing bottlenecks, and a strategic pivot toward higher-margin datacenter silicon. The hike effectively erases the generation's value advantage on the dead-end LGA1851 platform, leaving buyers facing higher costs, months-long lead times, and a strong incentive to stick with AMD's supported AM5 ecosystem.
Thom Brown's pl-cbmbasic extends PostgreSQL by statically recompiling the original 1982 Commodore 64 BASIC V2 ROM directly into C, running the interpreter natively inside the database backend without emulation overhead. The extension maps C64 disk I/O commands like OPEN and INPUT# to SQL queries through a "Device 8" interface, achieving roughly 15-microsecond call times while remaining restricted to superusers and stateless invocations.
The Epic Games Store is currently offering a starkly contrasting pair of free titles, featuring the psychological horror classic I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream alongside the 2022 modern brawler River City Girls 2. Both games, spanning nearly three decades of gaming history, are available at no cost this weekend before they disappear from the store next Thursday.
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